S05

Non-Billable
ChapterS00–T88
Rankcategory
Official Description

Injury of eye and orbit

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).

CH19 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

S00-S09 Parent Instructions

Includes
  • injuries of ear
  • injuries of eye
  • injuries of face [any part]
  • injuries of gum
  • injuries of jaw
  • injuries of oral cavity
  • injuries of palate
  • injuries of periocular area
  • injuries of scalp
  • injuries of temporomandibular joint area
  • injuries of tongue
  • injuries of tooth
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
  • effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
  • effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
  • effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
  • effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
  • effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Code Also
  • for any associated infection

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • open wound of eye and orbit
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • 2nd cranial [optic] nerve injury (S04.0-)
  • 3rd cranial [oculomotor] nerve injury (S04.1-)
  • open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
  • orbital bone fracture (S02.1-, S02.3-, S02.8-)
  • superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-S00.2)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
S00-S09Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
S05Injury of eye and orbit
S05.0Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign body
S05.1Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissues
S05.2Ocular laceration and rupture with prolapse or loss of intraocular tissue
S05.3Ocular laceration without prolapse or loss of intraocular tissue
S05.4Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body
S05.5Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeball
S05.6Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball
S05.7Avulsion of eye
S05.8Other injuries of eye and orbit
S05.9Unspecified injury of eye and orbit

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to S05:

blockS00-S09
Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
View context instructions
chapterCH19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
View context instructions

Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to S05. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths
Abrasion1 unique routes
cornea→S05
Avulsion (traumatic)1 unique routes
eye→S05
Berlin's disease or edema (traumatic)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→S05
Blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater)1 unique routes
blindness→S05
Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes)4 unique routes
blast→S05
concussion→S05
due to injury (current episode)→S05
traumatic (current episode)→S05
Commotio, commotion (current)1 unique routes
retinae→S05
Concussion (brain) (cerebral) (current)1 unique routes
ocular→S05
Contusion (skin surface intact)6 unique routes
adnexa, eye NEC→S05
conjunctiva→S05
eyeball→S05
lacrimal apparatus, gland or sac→S05
orbit (region) (tissues)→S05
subconjunctival→S05
Dislocation (articular)1 unique routes
lens (complete)
traumatic→S05
Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic)1 unique routes
Berlin's (traumatic)→S05
Enucleated eye (traumatic, current)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→S05
Foreign body6 unique routes
anterior chamber (eye)→S05
ciliary body (eye)→S05
intraocular→S05
ocular muscle→S05
orbit→S05
retina→S05

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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